Re: [9fans] Is IBM ThinkPad R60e notebook compatible with Plan9?

[Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>]

There have been at least two (known to some) broadcom drivers for at
least a year, it is *appalling* that none of this code has been
released so far.

To expect people to duplicate existing work is ridiculous and stupid.

uriel

On 5/10/07, Devon H. O'Dell <devon.odell@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/5/10, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>:
> > i wouldn't mind but with the nonexistance of broadcomm documentation,
> > you have to crib from the linux or bsd drivers  (usually both).
>
> I have the documentation on all 57xx serverworks chipsets and you
> still have to crib from the linux driver for errata. I can verify
> validity and work on this driver, but am hesitant to start from
> scratch due to theorized existence of partially working code.
>
> --dho
>
> > hey, wasn't the whole linux 0.10 kernel just ~10,000 lines of code?
> >
> > oh, well.  time to read /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/adventure again. ;-)
> >
> > the troll laughs uproariously.
> >
> > - erik
> >
>